Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, 1. köide,1. osaColin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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... principles . But these principles would be few indeed , had each individual no other materials of which to form them than the perceptions furnished immediately by his own senses . It has long been a matter of general regret , that the ...
... principles . But these principles would be few indeed , had each individual no other materials of which to form them than the perceptions furnished immediately by his own senses . It has long been a matter of general regret , that the ...
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... principles which tended to overthrow the conftitution . The archbishop was immediately after fufpended from all his functions as primate ; and they were exercised by certain bishops com- miffioned by the king , of whom Laud , the ...
... principles which tended to overthrow the conftitution . The archbishop was immediately after fufpended from all his functions as primate ; and they were exercised by certain bishops com- miffioned by the king , of whom Laud , the ...
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... principle than our experience in the vera- " city of human teftimony . If the fact attefted be " miraculous , here ... principles of com- " mon - fenfe , That they were actually eye - witneffes " of thefe violations , the constitution of ...
... principle than our experience in the vera- " city of human teftimony . If the fact attefted be " miraculous , here ... principles of com- " mon - fenfe , That they were actually eye - witneffes " of thefe violations , the constitution of ...
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... principles of the academical philofophy ; and , in his Phædo , reasons in the following manner . " If we are " unable to discover truth ( fays he ) , it must be owing to two circumstances : either there is no truth in " the nature of ...
... principles of the academical philofophy ; and , in his Phædo , reasons in the following manner . " If we are " unable to discover truth ( fays he ) , it must be owing to two circumstances : either there is no truth in " the nature of ...
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... principle of gravitation , which deter- mines the body to defcend , determining it to be acce- lerated by a neceffary confequence .. • ་ tion . Suppofe a body let fall from on high : the primary Accelera cause of its beginning to ...
... principle of gravitation , which deter- mines the body to defcend , determining it to be acce- lerated by a neceffary confequence .. • ་ tion . Suppofe a body let fall from on high : the primary Accelera cause of its beginning to ...
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